WICHITA, Kan. (AP) The state will begin accepting applications this week for the energy assistance program. The Kansas Department for Children and Families says it will start accepting applications Tuesday for its annual Low Income Energy Assistance Program to help qualifying households pay winter heating bills. The agency says the primary groups assisted are people with disabilities, older adults and families with children. The Wichita Eagle reports that income eligibility requirements are 130 percent of the federal poverty level. Applicants also have to be responsible for direct payment of their heating bills to qualify. The agency says in a release…
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Today’s guests on In Focus were: C. Clyde Jones Vice President and Development Officer and Beverly Olson Executive Director with Shepherd’s Crossing Kansas Farm Bureau Board member Glenn Brunkow of Pottawatomie County on recent national meeting Catherine Hedge, Vice President of Manhattan/Riley County League of Women Voters
Turning up the temperature, Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders tangled repeatedly in Sunday’s presidential debate over who’s tougher on gun control and Wall Street and who’s got a better vision for the future of health care in America.
A group of Americans imprisoned by Iran have begun their journey home as family and friends await their arrival following delicate diplomatic negotiations.
The City of Leonardville has gone on a boil water advisory Sunday evening. The City water supply has experienced a loss of pressure in the water system due to a water main break. Leonardville City Clerk Deandra Anderson announced the advisory shortly after 9 p.m. Sunday.
Manhattan only had 9 wrestlers competing in Newton and took 4th place as a team. We had 6 placers, Mason Wallace 1st, Jalin Harper 2nd, Devin Norris 3rd, Eldon Picou 4th, Bubba Wilson 6th and Blake Wewer 7th. Team Scores 1. Garden City High School 202.5 2. Ark City 162.5 3. Wichita Northwest High School 140.5 4. Manhattan High School 129.0 5. Andover High School 115.5 6. Norton High School 111.5 7. Andover Central 111.0 8. Derby High School 106.0 9. Hutchinson Salthawks 98.0 10. Mill Valley High School 94.5 11. Gardner Edgerton High School 90.5 12. Maize High School…
Breanna Lewis scored a game-high 25 points and Kansas State raced out to a significant first half lead before fighting off a late TCU rally in a 58-49 win in Big 12 Women’s Basketball action before 7,525 Saturday night at Bramlage Coliseum on Dollar Night. Lewis was the dominating force in the first half and the Horned Frogs had no answer for her as she scored slightly more points in the second half helping the Wildcats to their second straight conference victory after an 0-4 start which included an 87-73 loss to TCU just 14 days ago in Ft. Worth.…
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP)– New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady took off for the end zone and dived for the pylon, taking a helmet in the back as his body sailed over the goal line. The ball stayed out, but it didn’t matter. Brady, the reigning Super Bowl MVP, carried it in for a score on the next play, reaching over the line to convert in a way Kansas City couldn’t Saturday. Brady threw for two touchdowns to Rob Gronkowski and rushed for another, and the Patriots reached their fifth straight AFC title game with a 27-20 victory over the Chiefs.…
Kansas State hoped its shooting struggles were at an end when the Wildcats shot a season-high 56 percent against Texas Tech earlier this week. It may have been a flash in the pan, however. Poor shooting buried K-State in an early 17-point hole that proved to be insurmountable in a 76-63 loss to No. 17 Iowa State Saturday afternoon. After jumping to an early 6-2 advantage, the Wildcats made just one of their next 15 shots from the field, allowing the short-handed Cyclones to slowly build their big lead. “I didn’t think we were very tough, and we weren’t tough…
By Josh Brunner, K-State Athletics Communications LAWRENCE, Kan. – Kansas State finished with 14 first-place finishes and senior Akela Jones was named high point scorer of the meet as the Wildcats finished in second place with a combined team score of 234 points at the KSU-KU-WSU Showdown on Friday. Kansas went on to win the meet with a team score of 254 total points, while Wichita State finished in third place with a total team score of 203 points. Jones continued her impressive run of form, winning both the long jump (6.50m/21-04.00), which set a new meet record and the…